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“This Is Water”.

Jaffry Jalal — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:33:36 +0000

It’s been 8 years since David Foster Wallace gave a commencement address to a graduating class of college students. This video is an abridged, Hollywood-esque version of his speech but his articulation of the real value of an education remains powerfully intact. My inability to hold back tears every time I watch it remains powerfully intact as well.

R.I.P David Foster Wallace.

GIF is pronounced ‘JIF’.

Jaffry Jalal — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:44:23 +0000

National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.

Jaffry Jalal — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:22:42 +0000

So much to see in this stunningly beautiful world we live in.

Othermill.

Jaffry Jalal — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:29:25 +0000

In a nutshell, the Othermill is a machine to help make other machines. It is a compact, computer-controlled mill that cuts away at solid material to produce custom circuit boards quickly and cheaply.

It’s a Kickstarter project that was gunning for US$50,000, which (as I write this) has reached slightly more than four times that amount.

A 32 Pi cluster.

Jaffry Jalal — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:47:18 +0000

This is beautiful (in a very geeky way).

T-Rex Trying…

Jaffry Jalal — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:10:07 +0000

Now available as a book.

Interstellar Memes.

Jaffry Jalal — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:09 +0000

Also relevant: The opening titles of Contact.

Fumblr to buy Tumblr.

Jaffry Jalal — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:31:20 +0000

Yahoo! banged up upcoming.org and delicious after buying them for lots of money years ago. In fact, how they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory after buying Flickr still boggles the mind. Yahoo!, it seems, is where good companies go to die and I already feel a little sorry for some of the cool Tumblr kids.

Now, pay attention.

Jaffry Jalal — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:04:37 +0000

The Stone Roses — Begging You.

Jaffry Jalal — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:34:49 +0000

It’s been 19 long years… and I’m still dancing.

What I did at work today.

Jaffry Jalal — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:39:17 +0000

TBWA\ Singapore, 991C Alexandra Road, Singapore

How the internet destroyed the middle class.

Jaffry Jalal — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:10:26 +0000

At the height of its power, the photography company Kodak employed more than 140,000 people and was worth $28 billion… When Instagram was sold to Facebook for a billion dollars in 2012, it employed only 13 people.

— Jaron Lanier on the brunt of disruptive technology

A pistachio pound cake.

Jaffry Jalal — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:59:39 +0000

You can’t look at this beautiful cake and not feel even a little hungry.

Gravity.

Jaffry Jalal — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:52:59 +0000

There has to be a kid somewhere out there who will see this trailer and have his/her dreams of becoming an astronaut turn into a recurring nightmare.

The myth of multitasking.

Jaffry Jalal — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:59:27 +0000

The research is almost unanimous, which is very rare in social science, and it says that people who chronically multitask show an enormous range of deficits. They’re basically terrible at all sorts of cognitive tasks, including multitasking.

›› Clifford Nass, a psychology professor at Stanford University

Omega Speedmaster.

Jaffry Jalal — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:49:13 +0000

Personally, I find it a little too monochromatic but it is a beautiful timepiece nonetheless.

Adobe Edge Reflow.

Jaffry Jalal — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:23:48 +0000

A prototyping tool from Adobe for designing responsive sites, with built-in support for Typekit, that works in tandem with Photoshop and has native web controls.

Yeah, I’m feeling a little breathless right now…

[Via Mr Zeldman]

HG one grinder.

Jaffry Jalal — Thu, 09 May 2013 06:17:23 +0000

An exquisite looking grinder, the HG one can probably make a great difference to your coffee if you know what you’re doing. I don’t, so I just stick my favourite coffee joints who care about what they make.

The view from the Google office in Japan.

Jaffry Jalal — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:57:15 +0000

Over the last few months, Tom Anderson (everybody’s first former MySpace friend) has become one of my favourite photographers.

Advice to Little Girls.

Jaffry Jalal — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:14:32 +0000

Vladimir Radunsky’s stark illustrations sit beautifully alongside Mark Twain’s subversive advice to little girls on manipulating friends and family. When I do buy it, I don’t think this will make it to The Daughter’s bedtime reading until she turns, you know, 50 years old or something.